CASTRATION OF CRYPTORCHIDS. 
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ably the testicle is small and flabby. Remove with the ecraseur. 
Should you not be able to locate the vas deferens as described, 
then enlarge opening into abdomen sufficient to introduce the 
hand. Pass above the bladder to vesiculse seminales, follow 
vas deferens to testicle and bring outside. Until you become 
accustomed to this operation you will find it a help to introduce 
one hand into the rectum. It will aid in guiding you to the 
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parts you wish to find. Should it be a double ridgling, do not 
open both sides, but pass your hand across from first opening 
and locate by vas deferens as before and bring to the surface, or 
nearly so, as cord may be a little short. You can bring it up 
sufficient to pass the chain over it. 
Some may ask will not the testicle descend when detained 
in the inguinal ring. In some cases it does. It is a question, 
however, whether it will pay the owner the necessary expense 
and time to wait. 
In this operation upon the pig, which we are’ frequently 
called upon to perform, I suspend him by the hind legs ; open 
the abdominal cavity about one inch to the right of the penis, 
making the incision two or three inches long. This will bring 
into view the bladder and vas deferens, which you trace to 
the testicle. Remove in the usual manner, and close the open¬ 
ing with three or four stitches, using a full curved needle, en¬ 
gaging skin, muscle and peritoneum in each stitch. 
After treatment: Do not let the horse lie down and roll for 
eighteen hours after the operation. Feed hav sparingly for two 
days. Should there be much swelling foment with clean warm 
water, in which use some germicide. Give walking exercise 
every day after the first day. Should a high temperature pre¬ 
sent itself, treat with the usual fever remedies. In the pig re¬ 
move the stitches in ten days. 
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